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+type: "Bill"
+title: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Creates the crime of election fraud or forgery. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
+description: "CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Creates the crime of election fraud or forgery. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/la"
+legislature: "Louisiana Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 420"
+citation: "Louisiana SB 420 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Valarie Hodges"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-03-27"
+last_action: "2024-05-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a8f0326-b129-473e-b844-eca831cbd786"
+source_url: "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=246936"
+source_hash: "dd50211aa2681799637244f39d564d3ac63dbcca81ec8f9fbe219519494b5808"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-la"]
+---
+
+# Louisiana SB 420 (2024) — CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Creates the crime of election fraud or forgery. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB420 Original** (filed) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1359026)
+2. **SB420 Act 350** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1380824)
+3. **SB420 Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1365801)
+4. **SB420 Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1377704)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#1264) — **69–29** (pass) · lower
+- FINAL PASSAGE (#344) — **27–11** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Valarie Hodges — primary (person)
+- Caleb Kleinpeter — cosponsor (person)
+- Heather Cloud — cosponsor (person)
+- Roger Wilder III — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-05-28** Effective date 8/1/2024.
+- **2024-05-28** Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 350. `became-law, executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-28** Sent to the Governor by the Secretary of the Senate on 5/23/2024. `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-23** Signed by the Speaker of the House.
+- **2024-05-23** Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate. `enrolled`
+- **2024-05-22** Received from the House without amendments. `receipt`
+- **2024-05-22** Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 69, nays 29. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate. `passage`
+- **2024-05-20** Scheduled for floor debate on 05/22/2024.
+- **2024-05-13** Read by title, passed to 3rd reading. `reading-3`
+- **2024-05-09** Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
+- **2024-05-08** Reported favorably (6-1). Referred to the Legislative Bureau. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-24** Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-23** Received in the House from the Senate, read by title, lies over under the rules.
+- **2024-04-22** Read by title, passed by a vote of 27 yeas and 11 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled. `passage`
+- **2024-04-17** Read by title. Ordered engrossed and passed to third reading and final passage.
+- **2024-04-16** Reported favorably. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-02** Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C. `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-27** Introduced in the Senate. Read by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a8f0326-b129-473e-b844-eca831cbd786`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Louisiana legislature records).
+